// Station · 18m ago

PAMC

McGrath Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 7,000 ft

T/Td 14.4°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 29.61 inHg

ELEV 341 FT

62.9529°N / 155.6060°W

LOCATION · McGrath, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PAMC · 341 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC070

LAYERS

OVC070

T / Td

14 / 13

ALTIM

29.61"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 7,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PAMC 111553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC070 14/13 A2961 RMK AO2 RAE05 SLP028 P0001 T01440133 TSNO

PAMC · day 11 at 15:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 7,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.61" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1002.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 5,936'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 5,936'

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 2,000'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 2,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,341 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +1°C

700FT

+359 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

FIELD ELEV341 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT648 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAMH (Minchumina Airport, Minchumina, elev 678 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC070

Overcast · base 7,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,614 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-10)

12:45ZSUNRISE

22:29ZSOLAR NOON

08:12ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT16:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 01m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH19h 27m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE10:13Z MOONSET05:40Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 3 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PATL

VFR

Tatalina LRRS Airport · Takotna

WIND: VRB / 2 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN080
DIST: 11 NM W
AGE: 1h 16m ago

PAFS

VFR

Nikolai Airport · Nikolai

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 34 NM E
AGE: 10m ago

PASL

MVFR

Sleetmute Airport · Sleetmute

WIND: 150° / 9 ktG17
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN016
DIST: 87 NM SW
AGE: 15m ago

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